Kerkini
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Kerkini is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sintiki
Sintiki
Sintiki is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Sidirokastro.-Municipality:...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is named after ancient Kerkinitis lake (see map of Macedon
Macedon
Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....

). Population of the municipal unit 10,037 (2001). The seat was in Rodopoli.

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